Lyz Soto is a poet of Tagalog, Ilocano, Hakka, German, English, Irish, French, Cherokee, Scottish, and Spanish descent. She is cofounder of Pacific Tongues and mentor with its award-winning program, Youth Speaks Hawaiʻi. Lyz is working toward a PhD in English at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. She has performed in Hawaiʻi, Aotearoa, and the continental United States. Her chapbook, Eulogies, was published in 2010 by TinFish Press.